Describe A Country You Would Like To Visit
Describe a country you would like to visit.
Madagascar is an island in the Indian Ocean, it belong to southern Africa. This country is a green gem in the Indian Ocean. Madagascar is very charming. It has wood carvings, strange animals, and lots of sapphires.
Wood carving is a sign and symbol of this country and the nation’s culture and history (Heale, Abdul, 2008). There are known locally as the “holy wood”, this kind of wood is hard and heavy, and the texture is black and white (Ashamu et, al. 2005). Lots of people like buying some wood carvings, when they go back.
Because of its unique history, Madagascar has lots of variety of unusual species (Vences et, al. 2009). Madagascar has about 200,000 species, but about 150,000 species are unique (Vences et, al. 2009). The star is the lemur. Lemurs are primates,it just found on Madagascar (Black, 2012). Today, about 60 species of lemur lives in Madagascar. Such as Ring-tailed lemur, Aye-aye, and Mouse lemurs (Black, 2012).
Madagascar is not a real gem, but half of the world 's sapphires are producing in Madagascar (Pezzotta, 2001). Almost every city has a jewelry market. Some people like buying some gems in Madagascar.
Madagascar is very charming. This country has many wood carvings, strange animals, and lots of gems. So, whatever your interests and wherever you come from, Madagascar has something for you.
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References:
Heale, J., Abdul, L. Z. (2008). Cultures of the World: Madagascar. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish.
Ashamu, C., Gomez, P. D., Luke, A., Morrison, P., Pedersen, M., Symes, M., and Weyandt, M. (2005). Made in Madagascar: Exporting Handicrafts to the U.S. Market: Final Report (PDF). United Nations Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development. Retrieved from http://www.webcitation.org/604ZDmy4U
Vences, M., Wollenberg, K. C., Vieites, D. R., and Lees, D. C. (2009). Madagascar as a model region of species diversification. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24(8), 456-465.
Black, R. (2012). Lemurs
Madagascar is an island in the Indian Ocean, it belong to southern Africa. This country is a green gem in the Indian Ocean. Madagascar is very charming. It has wood carvings, strange animals, and lots of sapphires.
Wood carving is a sign and symbol of this country and the nation’s culture and history (Heale, Abdul, 2008). There are known locally as the “holy wood”, this kind of wood is hard and heavy, and the texture is black and white (Ashamu et, al. 2005). Lots of people like buying some wood carvings, when they go back.
Because of its unique history, Madagascar has lots of variety of unusual species (Vences et, al. 2009). Madagascar has about 200,000 species, but about 150,000 species are unique (Vences et, al. 2009). The star is the lemur. Lemurs are primates,it just found on Madagascar (Black, 2012). Today, about 60 species of lemur lives in Madagascar. Such as Ring-tailed lemur, Aye-aye, and Mouse lemurs (Black, 2012).
Madagascar is not a real gem, but half of the world 's sapphires are producing in Madagascar (Pezzotta, 2001). Almost every city has a jewelry market. Some people like buying some gems in Madagascar.
Madagascar is very charming. This country has many wood carvings, strange animals, and lots of gems. So, whatever your interests and wherever you come from, Madagascar has something for you.
(228)
References:
Heale, J., Abdul, L. Z. (2008). Cultures of the World: Madagascar. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish.
Ashamu, C., Gomez, P. D., Luke, A., Morrison, P., Pedersen, M., Symes, M., and Weyandt, M. (2005). Made in Madagascar: Exporting Handicrafts to the U.S. Market: Final Report (PDF). United Nations Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development. Retrieved from http://www.webcitation.org/604ZDmy4U
Vences, M., Wollenberg, K. C., Vieites, D. R., and Lees, D. C. (2009). Madagascar as a model region of species diversification. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24(8), 456-465.
Black, R. (2012). Lemurs
References: Heale, J., Abdul, L. Z. (2008). Cultures of the World: Madagascar. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish. Ashamu, C., Gomez, P. D., Luke, A., Morrison, P., Pedersen, M., Symes, M., and Weyandt, M. (2005). Made in Madagascar: Exporting Handicrafts to the U.S. Market: Final Report (PDF). United Nations Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development. Retrieved from http://www.webcitation.org/604ZDmy4U Vences, M., Wollenberg, K. C., Vieites, D. R., and Lees, D. C. (2009). Madagascar as a model region of species diversification. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24(8), 456-465. Black, R. (2012). Lemurs sliding toward extinction. BBC News, p. 17. Pezzotta, F. (2001). Madagascar: a mineral and gemstone paradise. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan.